Surah At-Tawbah, ayah 38
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مَا لَكُمْ إِذَا قِيلَ لَكُمُ ٱنفِرُوا۟ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ ٱثَّاقَلْتُمْ إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ أَرَضِيتُم بِٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا مِنَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ ۚ فَمَا مَتَـٰعُ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ إِلَّا قَلِيلٌ
O you who have believed, what is [the matter] with you that, when you are told to go forth in the cause of Allāh, you adhere heavily to the earth? Are you satisfied with the life of this world rather than the Hereafter? But what is the enjoyment of worldly life compared to the Hereafter except a [very] little.
At-Tawbah · 9:38
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- يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO you who believe
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaO you who believe
- ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūO you who believe
- مَاmāWhat
- لَكُمْlakum(is the matter) with you
- إِذَاidhāwhen
- قِيلَqīlait is said
- لَكُمُlakumuto you
- ٱنفِرُوا۟infirūgo forth
- فِىfīin
- سَبِيلِsabīli(the) way
- ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
- ٱثَّاقَلْتُمْithāqaltumyou cling heavily
- إِلَىilāto
- ٱلْأَرْضِ ۚl-arḍithe earth
- أَرَضِيتُمaraḍītumAre you pleased
- بِٱلْحَيَوٰةِbil-ḥayatiwith the life
- ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yā(of) the world
- مِنَmina(rather) than
- ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ ۚl-ākhiratithe Hereafter
- فَمَاfamāBut what
- مَتَـٰعُmatāʿu(is the) enjoyment
- ٱلْحَيَوٰةِl-ḥayati(of) the life
- ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yā(of) the world
- فِىfīin (comparison to)
- ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِl-ākhiratithe hereafter
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- قَلِيلٌqalīluna little
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